Registered limited liability companies in New Zealand

Business type: Business type is the legal status of a business unit. More detail can be found at http://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/classifications-and-standards/classification-related-stats-standards/business-type.aspx
Enterprises: A business or service entity operating in New Zealand. It can be a company, partnership, trust, estate, incorporated society, producer board, local or central government organisation, voluntary organisation or self-employed individual.
Employee Count (EC): Employee count is a head-count of all salary and wage earners for the February reference month.

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There are a number of limitations associated with business demography data. These limitations include:
- Non-coverage of 'small' enterprises that fall below the economic significance criteria on the Statistical Business Register (SBR)
- Lags in recording business births and deaths
- Difficulties in maintaining industrial and business classifications for smaller firms (that are primarily maintained using administrative data).

Business demography statistics are limited to economically significant individual, private-sector and public-sector enterprises that are engaged in the production of goods and services in New Zealand.

Up to 2015 business demography series was based on the Stats NZ Longitudinal Business Frame (LBF).
From 2016 business demography series is based on the Statistical Business Register (SBR).

Data is displayed at URL provided. To create this dataset, click on download and "Unfiltered data in tabular text (CSV)'.

Business demographic statistics give an annual snapshot (as at February) of the structure and characteristics of New Zealand businesses.